News about Regulation
In the Republic of Moldova, there is a significant mismatch between the preferences of prospective parents and the profiles of children in need of a family. There are currently 800 children in the child welfare system with adoptable status, while the number of applications from families is only about 300. Most prospective adoptive parents are looking for healthy, young children, whereas the majority of children in the system are over 7 years old or have a disability.
Based on the results of the first quarter of 2026, insurers increased their profitability, overcoming regulatory costs and the sector’s rising loss ratios in recent years. Insurance companies nearly doubled last year’s figures, posting a combined net profit of 68.7 million lei, as reported by eight of the nine operating companies.
Dan Perchun, Minister of Education and Research and Vice Chair of the PAS, issued a strong response amid recent public scandals involving resignations and corruption cases in which some government officials have been implicated.
The U.S. government may become a shareholder in one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies for the first time. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is proposing to transfer 5% of the company to Washington and is urging other major AI developers to consider a similar move.
Igor Grosu, Speaker of Parliament and leader of the PAS party, provided details regarding the exclusion of Petru Bondar, director of the state-owned company Metalferos, and his brother from the formation.
Google lost its appeal against a record EU antitrust fine of $4.7 billion, a case that had been ongoing since 2015. The European Court of Justice upheld the fine imposed on Google of approximately 4.1 billion euros ($4.67 billion) for alleged anti-competitive practices.
Officials from the National Anti-Corruption Center (NAC), acting under the procedural guidance of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, detained Tatyana Nistorica, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, as well as a representative of one of the commercial companies. The detention took place as part of a criminal case initiated on charges of corruption.
As of July 1, new customs rules for low-cost goods ordered from overseas online stores have taken effect in the European Union. Now, for commercial shipments valued at up to 150 euros, a flat customs fee of 3 euros is imposed for each category of goods listed on the declaration.
A court in Chisinau has handed down a verdict in a major fraud case. A young woman who came to Moldova from Latvia after responding to an ad on Telegram acted as a courier and collected more than 200,000 lei (about 10,000 euros) from a defrauded resident of the capital.
The municipality accuses the Central Election Commission and the State Chancellery of obstructing the will of the citizens.
An audit of the “Pădurea Domnească” Nature Reserve revealed serious violations in the institution’s operations. “Shortcomings were found in reforestation efforts, as well as financial problems and five months of unpaid wages,” said Environment Minister Gheorghe Hazder. He demanded the dismissal of the reserve’s director and immediate measures to rectify the situation.
On the OREM electricity exchange on June 30, transactions with a volume of at least 1 MW·h, indicating growing activity among companies operating in the renewable energy sector, as well as the effective functioning of market mechanisms.
In Moldova, arbitration institutions will be established on a permanent basis within chambers of commerce, stock exchanges, unions, associations, or other organizations. They will operate in accordance with the regulations approved by them. However, arbitration institutions may not be established within government agencies.
The Moldovan government has approved a draft law on the regulation and supervision of the road vehicle market, which harmonizes the national regulatory framework with EU legislation in this area.
The PAS faction demanded that parliamentary hearings be held following an inspection conducted by the General Inspectorate for Migration (IGM) at a facility in Chisinau, where more than 100 foreign workers—citizens of Bangladesh and Nepal—were inspected. As a result of the inspection, 101 reports of administrative offenses were drawn up.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to announce in September plans to introduce EU-wide age restrictions on the use of social media. The discussion is expected to focus on developing rules that would require digital platforms to prevent children under a certain age from creating accounts. However, the final form of the initiative has not yet been determined.
The State Tax Service has awarded 100 businesses in Moldova with “Highly Trusted Taxpayer” certificates. Under the law, these businesses are exempt from tax audits for two years.
Farmers agreed to suspend their roadside protests in exchange for a promise from ministry officials and the government as a whole to set forth a clear, official position on the proposed reform of the VAT system for agricultural products by June 30. However, no official statements on this matter were issued by the agreed-upon deadline, according to the administration of the “Forța Fermierilor” Association of Grain and Oilseed Producers.
U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Washington will not allow China to gain control of the Panama Canal, once again highlighting the strategic importance of one of the world’s most vital transportation arteries to U.S. national interests.
Two initiatives have been introduced in parliament to establish investigative commissions that will examine the operations of state-owned enterprises and the procedures for appointing officials to government positions.
